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  The Breadwinner Trilogy: Book 2

  Parvana's Journey

  by Deborah Ellis

  In Parvana’s Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvana’s father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows she must find them. Despite her youth, Parvana sets out alone, masquerading as a boy. She soon meets other children who are victims of war — an infant boy in a bombed-out village, a nine-year-old girl who thinks she... (more)
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  Soldier's Heart

  Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

  by Gary Paulsen

  In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure. The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the... (more)
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  Under the Blood-Red Sun

  by Graham Salisbury

  Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team called the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfather are arrested.... (more)
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  T4

  by Ann Clare LeZotte

  It is 1939. Paula Becker, thirteen years old and deaf, lives with her family in a rural German town. As rumors swirl of disabled children quietly disappearing, a priest comes to her family’s door with an offer to shield Paula from an uncertain fate. When the sanctuary he offers is fleeting, Paula needs to call upon all her strength to stay one step ahead of the Nazis.
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  The Breadwinner Trilogy: Book 3

  Mud City

  by Deborah Ellis

  Fourteen-year-old Shauzia dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France, but it is hard to reconcile that dream with the terrible conditions of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives. Making things worse is the camp’s leader, Mrs. Weera, whose demands on Shauzia make her need to escape all the more urgent. Her decision to leave necessitates Shauzia dress like a boy, as her friend Parvana... (more)
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  Bull Run

  by Paul Fleischman

  A Civil War drama told in sixteen voices, this ‘is a heartbreaking and remarkably vivid portrait of a war that remains our nation’s bloodiest conflict.… Fleischman’s artistry is nothing short of astounding.’ —Publishers Weekly. ‘Fleischman has done what he does best—create a unique piece of fiction with echoes of his poetry throughout.’ —H. ‘Outstanding… unforgettable as historical fiction… an important book for... (more)
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  So Far from the Bamboo Grove

  by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

  Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end, Japanese on the Korean peninsula are suddenly in terrible danger; the Korean people want control of their homeland and they want to punish the Japanese, who have occupied their nation for many years. Yoko, her mother and sister are forced to flee... (more)
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  Foster's War

  by Carolyn Reeder

  When his older brother joins the army during World War II in order to escape the rages of an authoritarian father, eleven-year-old Foster fights his battles on the homefront.
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  Charley Skedaddle

  by Patricia Beatty

  Charley is a member of one of the toughest gangs in New York City. When his older brother is killed at Gettysburg, Charley vows revenge against the Confederates. So he joins the Union Army as a drummer boy. Charley thinks war will be glamorous and exciting. But then he sees two of his friends gunned down mercilessly. When Charley shoots a Confederate soldier in self-defense, he knows he can't take any more... (more)
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  Thin Wood Walls

  by David Patneaude

  Eleven-year-old Joe Hanada likes playing basketball with his best friend, Ray, writing plays and stories, and thinking about the upcoming Christmas holiday. But his world falls apart when Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor. His country goes to war. The FBI takes his father away. And neighbors and friends in his hometown near Seattle begin to suspect Joe, his family, and all Japanese Americans of spying for the... (more)
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  The Road Home (Point Signature)

  by Ellen Emerson White

  Rebecca Phillips, 22, is a nurse in Vietnam who has seen endless bloodshed, horror, and suffering. When her helicopter crashes in the jungle, she faces a brutal showdown for survival that will change her forever. Named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
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  The Art of Keeping Cool

  by Janet Taylor Lisle

  The War At Home Fear permeates the Rhode Island coastal town where Robert, his mother, and sister are living out the war with his paternal grandparents: Fear of Nazi submarines offshore. Fear of Abel Hoffman, a German artist living reclusively outside of town. And for Robert, a more personal fear, of his hot-tempered, controlling grandfather. As Robert watches the townspeople's hostility toward Hoffman build,... (more)
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  The River Between Us

  by Richard Peck

  Genre: Historic FictionScott O'Dell Award Winner-The year is 1861. Civil war is imminent and Tilly Pruitt's brother, Noah, is eager to go and fight on the side of the North. With her father long gone, Tilly, her sister, and their mother struggle to make ends meet and hold the dwindling Pruitt family together. Then one night a mysterious girl arrives on a steamboat bound for St. Louis. Delphine is... (more)
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  Jayhawker

  by Patricia Beatty

  UNDERCOVER IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATESWith the United States on the verge of civil war, Elijah Tully and his father ride out of Kansas as Jayhawkers, guerrilla fighters against slavery. After his father is killed, Lije goes undercover among the proslavery bushwhackers. Swept into a grisly raid, Lije unexpectedly stands face-to-face with his father's killer -- but is vengeance as simple as he once thought?
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  The Fall of the Red Star

  by Helen M. Szablya

  After witnessing the arrest of his father by authorities, fourteen-year-old Stephen becomes deeply involved in the 1956 Hungarian uprising against Soviet control, only to become a fugitive with his family when their struggle is crushed.
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  Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom

  by Katherine Paterson

  Carried away by bandits, Wang Lee is rescued by the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace and he joins the group's leader, Mai Lin, in the battle against betrayal, oppression, and tyranny. Reprint. AB. PW.
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  The Breadwinner Trilogy: Book 1

  The Breadwinner

  by Deborah Ellis

  The Breadwinner brings to life an issue that has recently exploded in the international media — the reality of life under the Taliban. Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because her dad has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban, the religious group that controls the country. Since women cannot appear in public unless covered head... (more)
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  The Kane Chronicles: Book 2

  The Throne of Fire

  by Rick Riordan

  The sequel to Rick Riordan's The Red Pyramid, the Throne of Fire continued the story of Carter and Sadie Kane, descendants of pharaohs and magicians.Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes' have some powers at their command; but the devious gods haven't given them time... (more)
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  God Saw Them Through: Semper FI - "America's Battalion" in Iraq

  by Glenn Thomas

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  The Night Crossing

  by Karen Ackerman

  When the Nazi occupation of Austria spells danger for Clara and her Jewish family, the entire family packs up whatever they can carry and embark on a perilous journey to find safety in Switzerland. Reprint. SLJ.